WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



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A fourth part of the Halsall moiety appears to have 

 been early formed into a separate estate or mesne 

 manor, but the evidence regarding it is defective. An 

 Adam de Parr had a share of 

 the lordship in 1313,' but 

 somewhat earlier a Simon de 

 Parr held or claimed two ox- 

 gangs of land in the manor.' 

 He was followed by a son Alan 

 and a grandson Richard ; the 

 latter, who died about 1350, 

 left a young son also named 

 Richard, whose wardship was 

 claimed by Katherine de La- 

 thom.' 



The next in possession was, 

 perhaps, the William de Parr 

 who held an eighth part of the 



vill about 1370.* He appears to be the Sir 

 William who in right of his wife became lord 

 of Kendal.' From him descended Sir Thomas 

 Parr of Kendal, who died in November, 1 5 1 7, 

 seised of various lands in Parr and Sutton, and a 

 toft in Wigan, one parcel being held of Thomas, 

 earl of Derby, by knight's service and the yearly 

 rent of l^J., being thus identified with the quarter 

 of a moiety held by the above-named William 



Byrom of Byrom. 

 Argent, a chevron be- 

 tzueen three hedgehogs 

 sable. 



in 1370 ; another part was held of the Prior of 

 St. John of Jerusalem by the rent of izd. ; and 

 a third, of Bryan Parr, by the rent of \jd.^ One of 

 his daughters, Katherine, was the last consort of 

 Henry VHI. His son and heir, William, aged five at 

 his father's death, became marquis of Northampton, 

 and after a chequered career died without acknow- 

 ledged issue in 1570, his various manors falling to the 

 crown.' 



II. The Parr moiety was in 1291 held by Henry 

 de Parr.^ One Henry, son of Lawrence de Parr, in 

 1246 recovered from Roger son of Hugh half an 

 oxgang of land there." Henry's widow, Alice, in 

 I 301 brought a suit against the lords of Parr, Henry 

 son of Henry, and Alan." 



This Henry son of Henry de Parr, who may have 

 succeeded much earlier than 1301, lived till 1332." 

 He seems, however, practically to have resigned the 

 manor to his sons Robert and Richard. The former 

 was of some prominence in the district, but his 

 descendants had only a quarter of this moiety, held 

 of Richard and his descendants, who were lords of 

 the moiety." In 1326-7 Richard de Parr married 

 Ellen daughter of Adam de Tyldesley, by whom he 

 had five sons." 



Richard was succeeded in or before 1 3 5 1 by his 

 son John, sometimes described as a knight," who in 



fifth part of the manor was then held by 

 Richard Houghton and Eleanor his wife ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 197, m. 126. 

 A year later the deforciants of three parts 

 of the manor * in five parts divided ' were 

 George Tyrer and Jemima his wife, Ban- 

 astre Parker and Anne his wife, and Thomas 

 Case and Margaret his wife; ibid. bdle. 299, 

 m. 1 84. The I our wives were daughters 

 and coheirs of William Clayton of Ful- 

 wood, who died in 171 5, Sarah Clayton, un- 

 married, being sister ; Gregson, Fragments 

 (ed. Harland), 167. In 174.5, ^^ which 

 year William Clayton's widow died, the 

 manor was again the subject of a settle- 

 ment by fine, the deforciants now being 

 Thomas Tyrer, William Williamson and 

 Elizabeth his wife, William Blundell and 

 Margaret his wife, Eleanor Houghton, 

 George Dickens, clerk, and Anne his wife, 

 Anne Parker, widow, Thomas Case and 

 Margaret his wife, and Sarah Clayton ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 332, m. 182. 

 It appears that the manor had been pur- 

 chased by William Clayton and divided 

 equally among his daughters. 



^ See a preceding note. 



" Simon de Parr was plaintiff m 1305, 

 claiming from Richard de Parr and others 

 1 1 messuages and 2 oxgangs ; and was at 

 the same time defendant in suits brought 

 by Richard son of Adam de Halsall, and 

 Gilbert son of Alan de Parr ; Assize R. 

 ^^o, m. 5 d. 8. 



' Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 2, 

 id.; R. 2, m. I d., iiij d. This claim 

 shows that the heir held directly of the 

 Lathoms. 



■* See Inq. p.m. of Thomas de Lathom, 

 cited above. On the division of the waste 

 '" ^V7i 01 the other hand, this eighth 

 part is not recognized at all. 



* For some particulars concerning him 

 see Dep, Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 524. ; 

 Rep. xxxvi, App. 374 ; Pal. of Lane. Chan. 

 Misc. bdle. 1, file 2, n. 66. See also 

 Topographer, iii, 352-60. 



' Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, n. 



' See the account of LafFog. 

 8 Assize R. 1294, m. 8. 



' Assize R. 404, m. 10 d. This was, 

 perhaps, an earlier Henry. 



1" Assize R. 1321, m. id. 



11 Henry son of Henry de Parr ap- 

 peared in a Sutton case as early as 1284 ; 

 Assize R. 1265, m. zid, Henry de Parr 

 commenced an action against John son 

 of Thomas de Wrightington in 1297 ; in 

 1305 the latter was joined in the defence 

 by Alice his wife, whose sister Christiana 

 is also mentioned ; De Banc, R. 162, m. 

 lid. ; Assize R. 420, m. 8. In 1328 

 John de Wrightington gave lands in Parr 

 to Richard, son of Henry de Parr ; Kuerden 

 MSS. vi, fol. 86, n. 254. It appears that 

 Alice was the daughter of Henry, son of 

 Roger de Parr ; ibid. n. 238. Ini3i6-i7 

 Henry de Parr gave to Richard his son 

 40 messuages and land in Parr, Robert 

 son of Henry de Parr being a witness ; 

 and there was a further grant eight years 

 later ; Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 84, n. 1 84, 

 222. About 1 3 17 Robert son of Henry 

 de Parr surrendered his lands to his father, 

 and in 1331, Richard the other son did 

 likewise, Henry son of Robert granting to 

 Henry de Parr, senior, 6s. a year for life ; 

 ibid. n. 240, 235 and 179, 209. 



1^ Richard son of Henry de Parr, and 

 Adam de Parr contributed to the subsidy 

 of 1327 ; the father is not mentioned, 

 and Robert was perhaps dead at this time ; 

 Lay Subs. 1^°. The peculiar relations 

 between the brothers Richard and Robert 

 are shown in a plea of 13 17, in which 

 Robert son of Henry de Parr, ' in mercy 

 for many defaults,' was summoned to 

 answer for seizing and detaining Richard's 

 cattle in the early part of 13 16 in a cer- 

 tain place called Kayhull. In defence he 

 asserted that Richard held of him a moiety 

 of the manor of Parr by fealty and the 

 service of 51., and the rent having been 

 in arrears for five years he seized the 

 cattle. Richard said that Kayhull was 

 outside Robert's fee ; De Banc. R. 220, 

 m. 313. 



Earlier than this, in 13 13, Robert son 

 of Henry de Parr had complained that 

 the lords of the other moiety of the 

 manor — Richard son of Alan de Halsall, 



379 



and Adam his brother — with William 

 Wolrich and others, had unjustly disseised 

 him of 55. of rent ; Assize R. 4.zo, m. 2. 



Robert died before his father, for in 

 1325 Henry son of Robert de Parr began 

 a suit of novel disseisin against Henry de 

 Parr and Richard his son, which appears 

 to have gone on for some years ; Assize 

 R, 426, m. I d. Henry claimed the 

 moiety of the manor, and the jury agreed 

 that Henry the elder had disseised the 

 plaintiff, the damages being taxed at 40J.; 

 Assize R. 14.04, m. i% d. These suits 

 appear to have been merely steps in a 

 series of family settlements. 



Robert son of Henry de Parr, and John 

 his brother have an unfavourable mention 

 in the Coram Rege R. of 1323 (n, 254). 

 The former was indicted for the death of 

 John de Bickerton at Leyland church 

 and for breaking into Alan de Windle's 

 house J he pretended to be dumb at the 

 trial ; m. 46. The latter was accused 

 of the death of two men, and seems to 

 have been hanged ; m. 48. See also 

 m. 49^.60. Henry de Parr is said to 

 have been related to Robert de Holland ; 

 ibid. m. 60. See also m. 51, 51^/, for 

 his part in the overthrow of Adam 

 Banastre in 13 15. 



^^ Kuerden, loc. cit. «. 239. In 1337 a 

 settlement of the manor was made, the 

 remainders being to Richard's sons John, 

 John, Henry, William, and Robert j ibid, 

 «. 198, 199, 210. There appears to have 

 been another son, Simon ; K.uerden, loc. 

 cit. «. 191. Richard was living in 1346 ; 

 De Banc. R. 348, m. 235 </. 



^"' Sec the Lathom inquisition quoted 

 above. As John son of Richard de Parr, 

 he in 13 51 came to an agreement with 

 Henry son of Robert de Parr concerning 

 a parcel of land called Haselhurst ; this 

 he gave up to Henry, on condition that 

 the latter recognized his title to parcels 

 called Fallhey, Berewardsleigh, Bentihalgh, 

 and Blackacrc. He also confirmed the 

 agreement his father Richard had made 

 with Henry as to the waste ; the latter 

 was to have a quarter of it, and a money 

 payment was to be made on account of 



